INBETWEEN THOSE LAUGHS

Inbetween Those Laughs

We remember that we are human

Its in between those short silences that we remember that our armours of strength can only take so much

It is then we feel at our worst,

Where the world and everything around it feels too heavy to carry

Under those blank stares lie hidden conflicts of truths that we ourselves can not comprehend

Yesterdays that left us scared only to be revived again by thought, See we do a different kind of reminiscing one that we can't escape, we allow it to ease into our heart's vein seeping deep into the beats we once had.

In between the laughs comes joint sighs cried by different souls brought together  with painful journeys.

Its in those moments we tend to remember that we are still bruised and that those stitches are tailored to suit what is supposed to be our happiness.

In between the laughs we try closing off once again our vulnerabilities off to the world

Because at the end of it all they shouldn't see our weaknesses

Its in between those laughs that  we fight for air as we are in between breathing and being suffocated by the unknown

Known to us and hidden from the world

And sometimes just sometimes during that laughter we are hoping someone, anyone will notice that laughter is just a mask worn very well by the broken at heart

masquerading our downfalls and all

And lastly it is in between those laughs where we survive for some reason we forget and live on, most of all It is in between the laughs we remember we are human.

Poem by Zizile Tantsi